A Birthday Deer and Valentine

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards I've made.  First up is a birthday card made for one of my brothers-in-law whose birthday is next week.  Since he lives in Idaho, I decided to use a Sizzix stamp/die set I received from a friend for Christmas and pair it with a digital snowflake plaid background from Conjurer of Dreams.  After stamping the image twice, I colored only one deer before die cutting it using the attached die.  I then blended old paper and tea dye distress inks before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the image panel to my card before stamping my birthday sentiment inside.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (deer stamp/die)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #247 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #95 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (deer)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 685 to 686 - Anything Goes Uplifting (birthday) 

The Card Concept #213 - Winter Solace See Insp Pic (inspired by deer, white trees)

 

 

 

My second card is featuring a long retired Stampin Up set called Greeting Card Kids. I've had this old wood mounted set for years (10-15 yrs at least) and haven't used it until now for some reason.

 

I started out by stamping the image onto a white scrap before coloring using Copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I blended some tattered rose distress ink using my blending brush before layering and adding some tiny red brads.  I then adhered the layered image panel to a dry embossed card using  glue dots.  The final touches were red/gold organdy ribbon from my stash and some red Prima flowers I've had for a long time. I'm really happy with how both cards turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (stamp image)

Double D Feb 2/2025 - Hearts (image, embossed background)

Colorful Options Feb 2025 - See Inspiration Pic Below  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Feb 5 - Love

Paper Funday #73 - Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff Feb 2025 - Use Your Neglected Stuff (image - have had stamp set 10-15yrs and not used yet)

 

Double D

 

Colorful Options

 

Neglected Stuff 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

 

 

Sympathetic Floral Watering Can

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a sympathy card I made using a retired digital image from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I've had this image since 2019 but just haven't colored it until now since I needed a few more sympathy cards.  

I started out by combining the image and my saying in a watermark program before printing several images on Neenah white card stock. I then colored them using both Prismacolor and Copic markers. Once my coloring was finished, I over-stamped a long retired Stampin Up sanded background using Tim Holtz old paper distress ink before running a Stampin Up night of navy marker along the image edge before layering.  Once I had added matching brads, I laid the layered image panel to the side.  My card base was made using a dusty Cuttlebug floral screen embossing folder and my Big Shot.  Once it was dry embossed, I sanded the edges using a sanding block.  After adding the image panel to the card using glue dots, I pulled out a wooden butterfly I found at Dollar Tree then using Ranger glossy accents to adhere it to my card.  The final touches were a scrap of navy grosgrain ribbon, bling to the butterfly's body before spritzing some navy marker over everything. As an after thought, I then went over parts of the image using black and white gel pens and added ice stickles to the flower centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #62 - Use Your NBUS (image, butterfly)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (butterfly, image, sanded background, embossing folder)

Can You Handle The Pressure May 2024 - Dry Embossing Optional Flowers (floral screen background)

Splitcoaststampers WT1001 - Drawing Day  (gel pen highlights drawn)

Colorful Options May 2024 - Royal Blue 

Inspiration Station #61 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the flowers)

Triple B May 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms, butterflies)

 

Colorful Options

 

 

 Inspiration Station

 

Triple B
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps:   Gerda Steiner Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Navy Marker, Color Spritzer, Brads, Sanding Block, Wood Butterfly, Bling, Ribbon, Glossy Accents, Gel Pens

Woodblock Wednesday April 2024 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'm taking part in the Woodblock Wednesday challenge on Instagram where we're challenged to dig out, and dust off, our woodblock stamps and show them some love again.  My card this month is using a long retired set of Hero Arts Poetic Prints Collection called Patterns and Petals that I haven't even used yet.  It was still in it's original packaging.  I'm not even sure how long I've had this stamp set, but I do know it's been over a year.

I grabbed a scrap piece of Neenah white card stock and folded it to make a clean and simple slimline card.  Taking three of the stamps out, I stamped them using various Versamark inks (key lime, aquatic splach, mango madness) before stamping my anniversary saying using memento tuxedo black ink.  The only embellishments I added were a few Gin and Tonic sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  

Challenges entered:

 

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero April 2024 - Anniversary 

Woodblock Wednesday April 2024 - Use Those Woodblock Stamps  (Hero Arts, Saying)

Crafty Gals Corner #254 - Anything Goes 

Colorful Options April 2024 - Pastel Colors or Rainbow (pastels) 

Paper Funday #64 - Anything Goes Optional Sweet Treats (anything goes)

 

Hero Arts

 

Colorful Options

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Hero Arts; Rubber Stampede (saying)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versamark Key Lime, Aquatic Splash, Mango Madness

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap

Accessories: Sequins, Glue

Irish Dancer

Hello and welcome.  I have another card to share using the Gecko Galz Blarny and It's Not Easy Being Green digital sets.  I'll sure be glad when this migraine and concussion symptoms go away.  Dealing with both is the pits!!

I started out by cutting down to size one of the remaining images on my Blarny collage sheet before layering and adding some green flower brads before setting aside.  For my card, I added a panel of It's Not Easy Being Green to a old olive card base before adding a strip of old olive scraps for a border.  I then added the Irish dancer panel using glue dots and added a light green Prima flower.  Taking my shamrock Martha Stewart punch, I punched a scrap of old olive to make my shamrock, before pouncing some old olive ink over the shamrock.  When it was coated to my liking, I adhered it using glue dots.  The final touch was adding green bling to the center of the flower and shamrock to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Facebook March 2024 - March Events ( I went with St Patrick's Day)

Digi Choosday Wk 9 - Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Colorful Options March 2024 - Green 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (flower brads, MS shamrock punch)

Krafty Chicks #705 - Anything Goes

 

 

Colorful Options

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Card Stock: Neenah; Scraps; Gecko Galz Digital DP

Accessories:  Computer, Printer, Brads, Glue Dots, MS Punch, Bling

 

Trees and Jello

Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card to share made for this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  While looking for the saying I used in yesterday's project, I came across this wood block stamp from Whipper Snapper that I totally forgot I had.  I must have bought it either online, or at a stamp convention, 20 years ago.  

 I started out by stamping the saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a top note die cut I received from a secret sister a while back before stippling Tim Holtz spiced marmalade and tumbled glass distress inks around it.  My card is stamped in using a retired Stampin Up Fresh Fillers wood block set (I haven't used in years) in tangerine tango ink before adhering my die cut saying panel.  Once that was finished, I pulled out some dusty prima flowers and adhered them to the card before pulling out my Martha Stewart fern punch and punching scrap green card stock with Tim Holtz mowed lawn distress ink stippled over them.  I then adhered the "ferns" to my card and added some bling to finish it off.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out since I was making it with another migraine.  

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday June 2023 - Use Your Unloved Wood Block Stamps (saying, background stamps)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #51 - Use Your NBUS (saying, die cut)

Retro Rubber #208 - Sweet Summer ( saying, background stamp)

Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero June 2023 - Sentimental Journey (sentiment prominent)

Inspiration Station June 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by the colors)

Splitcoaststampers June Fan Club Challenge - Orange You Glad (must be Fan Club member to participate)

Colorful Options June 2023 - Peach or Rainbow Inspired (I went with rainbow inspired)

 

 

Inspiration Station

 

 

Colorful Options Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn; Stampin Up Tangerine Tango

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Primas, Glue Dots, MS Fern Punch, Glue, Bling, Top Note Die Cut

 

Make A Wish With Balloons

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share another card I made as guest designer for Gerda Steiner Designs for their May 2023 release.  Today I'm sharing a cute birthday card that could be for all ages.

I started out by stamping my images from the Cupcake Mice set, along with my saying, on scrap Neenah white card stock then coloring using both Prismacolor and Copic markers before layering and adding three white brads.  I then dug through my brad stash to locate the balloon brads I knew I had somewhere but haven't used in a long time.  After adding an orange balloon brad, I then lightly stippled leftover pacific pointe ink around my image panel.  Taking a Marvy balloon punch I've had for years, I punched out red, blue, and yellow balloons to add to my card using both glue dots and pop dots.  For my card, I took a Rubbernecker birthday balloons stencil I had won (and not used yet), and blended Stampin Up summer sun, pure poppy and pacific pointe inks using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios before adhering it to my card.  Taking a black gel pen, I highlighted the make a wish before adding faux stitching and then "strings" for my balloons.  The final touches were yellow ice stickles and a clear 3D glaze pen to highlight the birthday hat, eyes and mouse's nose. 

 

Here's the progression of my card:

 

 

Prismacolor and Copic markers used

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 - May Use Your NBUS (stencil)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (markers, punch, balloon brad)

Inspiration Station #49 May - See Inspiration Picture (inspired by colors) 

AAA Birthday #49 May - Balloons (brad, punched shapes) 

Colorful Options May 2023 - Blue

Jan's Digital Stamps May 2023 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Inspiration Station #49

 

 

Colorful Options Challenge

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the release here.  It's LIVE in the shop now!!

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Pacific Pointe, Summer Sun, Pure Poppy

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Balloon Punch, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Black Gel Pen, PFS Blending Brushes, Birthday Balloon Stencils, Yellow Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen